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John Hodgman as assistant would make me happy.
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There's actually six seasons of Taskmaster on Netflix UK for some reason, so I imagine that's definitely a possibility.
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My personal ranking after the first ep is Sophie - just great Nick - primarily for his costume Steve - for legacy, hasn't shown much yet Joanne - annoying at first, grew on me by the end of episode and could easily rise as series goes on >>> John - boring gently caress, and listening to the podcast right now, this opinion has not been changed yet Speaking of the podcast, bit of a hard listen this week. I'm actually still making my way through the back catalogue. But after almost 90 episodes, I've decided that Ed Gamble just isn't funny. If he doesn't have a good comedian on then the episode is dead.
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Apr 1, 2024 22:55
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The_Doctor posted:John Hodgman as assistant would make me happy. now this is one that could work
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:Doesn’t fit apple’s branding. I don’t see it. Eh they seem to be pretty eager to expand and try new things regardless of branding. They just aired that silly looking Noel Fielding Dick Turpin show (which has Greg in it). I don't think they've done any game or panel shows but I wouldn't put it past them to try it.
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Apr 1, 2024 23:08
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gah america is just so boring
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Quoting myself:theflyingexecutive posted:Mark Evan Jackson and Andy Daly TM gets to have the creative freedom it enjoys because it's dirt cheap to produce. The contestants are brought in on their free days to do tasks and for five days of studio filming. Even with that super low threshold, Alex will talk about comedians that they aren't able to afford.
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Wungus posted:
I was thinking Ken as a contestant, especially given they already have a back and forth (like Rhod and Greg) and I could already see him having a "doctor" outfit during tasks. Also, John Hodgman would also be a pretty good assistant, I could see him try and do the unnecessary wordplay and "they went six mongooses" distance measures.
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Apr 1, 2024 23:30
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not a bot posted:Why would the assistant have to be the main writer? That's the case for Horne but only because he came up with the whole idea. I think the NZ assistant has said they have a team and he contributes a bit. I think you're in agreement they ought to be a bit of a writer - and here's why I think that's pretty important. Once the contestant has read the task, they may ask the assistant "will you do X for me", and they need to "write" the ruling on the fly. What I admire about Alex is his guiding principle in these matters always seems to be "what will make for a better show?". If it's better for the show for him to shut that down, he'll make some excuse that he was told not to, or can't, or won't. But every time it would make the show better to say yes, he says yes. A lot has been said about Alex's willingness to degrade himself for the sake of the show, and it's an extra mile on top of the good judgement - but I think he's due credit for his instincts about refereeing the tasks as well.
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Apr 1, 2024 23:41
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My pick for the american task master is a plank of wood and the assistant is a bucket of water.
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Boxturret posted:gah america is just so boring but Conan
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Colbert for US Taskmaster. Hodgman for assistant
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Boxturret posted:My pick for the american task master is a plank of wood and the assistant is a bucket of water. hey it worked for new zealand
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Still loving Offerman, give him Paul F Tompkins as the assistant
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:As far as hosts, Alex has been transparent that he’s quite happy with how AUS/NZ has been handled, so I don’t see why they’d do it any different. We can theorycraft all we want but there is no shortage in America of rear end in a top hat-adjacent & geeky/subservient hosts to choose from. Whole discussion started this round because Greg and Alex did an interview where they said they're actively interested in doing another US TaskMaster and that they themselves would enjoy being the leads. One thing from the new season, it's noticeably older. You usually have have at least a couple contestants in their 20's-early 30's and here it's pretty much across the board late 30's to Pemberton.
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theflyingexecutive posted:Quoting myself: Nathan Fielder would be amazing but given his last few shows I think it would start off as a normal TM season but then slowly turn into a tragic and surreal meta-narrative about our inability to undo mistakes once they are made. It would make every critic's end of year list and would never have a second season.
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as much as I like the speculation on a theoretical US series (Joel McHale as TM, Jon Hodgman or wildcard Griffin McElroy as assistant) there is a UK series on thoughts so far: Joanne - studio task especially shows she's got the gift of the gab and creativity to come up with some mad poo poo. John - a Dara/Herring, clear from the episode he's a fan and student of the show. on the podcast, he reveals he basically did research before competing. Suspect boring but competent Nick - clearly deeply unconformable being "himself" hence the costume. delightfully awkward in a way we've not seen since Joe Thomas? Sophie - clearly absolutely bonkers, background in theatre, cabaret and stand up so creative tasks going to be class. saw a flash of this in the first team task where her painting was fantastic despite not having a clue Steve - didn't expect the puns! one of the UKs best comedy writers so expecting some insanity in those tasks that play to his strengths. clearly very comfortable going toe to toe with Greg
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As lovely as it is to say that John Robins was funnier before he stopped drinking, it's also true. He is good friends with Alex though and I expect we'll see some tasks specifically designed to annoy him, and he's always best when genuinely annoyed.
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The real question is whether Alex can set anything which proves to be more aggravating than choosing to pair him with Sophie Willan...
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theflyingexecutive posted:Mark Evan Jackson I just realized you could take nearly any two actors from The Good Place as Taskmaster and assistant, eg Ted Danson & Kristen Bell
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SixFigureSandwich posted:I just realized you could take nearly any two actors from The Good Place as Taskmaster and assistant, eg Ted Danson & Kristen Bell Jason is the Taskmaster? JASON? This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts.
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Just booking some stuff at Machynlleth festival next month and every show by a Taskmaster contestant (and Paul Williams) is sold out. It must be a hell of a boost to a comedian's career.
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Taskmaster - Dave Bautista Assistant - John Cena
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Taskmaster - Frederic Assistant - Claud
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Assistant - George Costanza Taskmaster - Koko the monkey
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Junkenstein posted:He is good friends with Alex though and I expect we'll see some tasks specifically designed to annoy him, and he's always best when genuinely annoyed. After watching the NZ and Australia seasons that are up on YouTube so far, I feel like the UK version doesn't gently caress with the contestants on an individual level enough. "is good friends with Alex" seems a good way to lull someone into the necessary false sense of security, so hopefully they do something.
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Quebec Bagnet posted:After watching the NZ and Australia seasons that are up on YouTube so far, I feel like the UK version doesn't gently caress with the contestants on an individual level enough. "is good friends with Alex" seems a good way to lull someone into the necessary false sense of security, so hopefully they do something. I think they do quite a bit? IIRC, Alex said he and Mark Watson are good friends, and they gave him that secret cheeky messages task (which turned out great in the studio). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqrxuHB3xTo&t=154s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EOG1LqiCPg There's at least one of those in every series I think? Edit: They could honestly sell that book as merch and people will buy it. Like a weird coffee table book. itry fucked around with this message at 11:03 on Apr 4, 2024 |
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itry posted:I think they do quite a bit? IIRC, Alex said he and Mark Watson are good friends, and they gave him that secret cheeky messages task (which turned out great in the studio). The first five series had them- with a peak in season 5 with almost every contestant having something. After that, they've been very rare. Mike Wozniak's season 11 farting task is the only really invididual task- everything else has been asymmetric rather than individual.
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Tonights episode is the one I was in the audience for. I've forgotten most of it lol. Sophie gets a redemption arc I remember that much, does way better on one task than expected. Should be a good ep
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Quebec Bagnet posted:After watching the NZ and Australia seasons that are up on YouTube so far, I feel like the UK version doesn't gently caress with the contestants on an individual level enough. "is good friends with Alex" seems a good way to lull someone into the necessary false sense of security, so hopefully they do something. The flag-making task was tremendous for this.
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Steve is too clever for his own good in the prize tasks, good lord. Also big fan of John Robins' "Half-Man Half Biscuit" t-shirt in the studio, excellent obscure 1980s British rock/alt band to wear on prime-time telly, well done John.
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yeah steve taking the rare strategy of "actually seriously try to win every prize task"
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Unsurprised it didn't make the cut but Greg questioned calling it "Elon Musk poo poo" because "he's not that clever is he, he's just a big horrible business man?"
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I was certain they'd reveal that Sophie's star was actually hung up rather than stuck to the board and disqualify her. No way did two strips of tape hold that thing up.
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suppose you could argue semantics. When you hang a picture you might say you "stuck a picture up". get susie dent back on the case
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SixFigureSandwich posted:I'm vaguely disappointed that nobody tried to take the whiteboard off the wall and put it on the floor
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I mean you could just stick yourself to the board with that tiny piece of sellotape if you wanted to sell that logic to Greg. And honestly it does just say "stick the heaviest thing to the board" so presumably it would work.
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Phigs posted:I mean you could just stick yourself to the board with that tiny piece of sellotape if you wanted to sell that logic to Greg. And honestly it does just say "stick the heaviest thing to the board" so presumably it would work. You'd have to be off the ground for it to count, I imagine. And it didn't look sturdy enough to support the weight of an adult human hanging off it.
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